Terry Crews names alleged groper, says he felt like 'a prisoner of war' after incident

'I wake up every morning wondering, ‘Did this really happen?’ It’s nuts'

Following multiple sexual assault allegations made against Harvey Weinstein, dozens of actors came forward with stories against various filmmakers.

One of the most notable was Terry Crews, who claimed “a high-level Hollywood executive” groped him, later revealing those allegations to be against Adam Venit, the former hear of WME agency.

After the intial claims were posted onto Twitter, Crews filed a police report against Venit, while WME demoted and suspended Venit while they probe the accusations.

Speaking to Good Morning America, the Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor was candid about the alleged incident and the after-effects.

“When a person of power breaks that boundary and violates that boundary, you’re a prisoner of war,” he told the show’s host, Michael Strahan.

“Immediately you’re in a camp, because you’re trying to figure out when is the right time to come out. [Is it when] the guard turns her head? When they leave a door open?

“You’re digging tunnels with spoons, you’re trying to find a way out, and you get out and then you finally find freedom and somebody says, ‘It must not be that bad. You should’ve came out sooner.’

“And you’re like, ‘I’m free. I finally got free,’ and this is the thing that a lot of people just don’t understand and they end up blaming the victim.”

Crews claimed the incident happened at an event also attended by Adam Sandler, who Venit acts as an agent for. “I have never had a conversation with [Venit] ever,” Crews said.

“I knew of him and I knew just because it’s an agency thing. But the first time I actually had an interaction with him was at this event and I’m literally, I’m looking at him, and he’s basically staring at me and he’s sticking his tongue out — just overtly sexual tongue moves.”

The actor says he moved himself between the agent and wife, Rebecca King-Crews, following the tongue movement. He continues: “He keeps coming over to me. I stick my hand out and he literally takes his hand and puts it [on] and squeezes my genitals.”

Crews says he rebuffed the advances and turned to Sandler, asking the fellow actor to defuse the situation, but Sandler was equally confused by what was going on.

“I wake up every morning wondering, ‘Did this really happen?’ It’s nuts,” Crew added. He also spoke about how the Weinstein stories caused him to experience “PTSD”, adding: “I was going, “Oh my God, this exact thing happened to me. I understand why [women] won’t come forward.’”

Jennifer Lawrence also recently spoke about why women haven’t previously come forward against harasses, revealing that she once did and was punished as a result.

Venit - who has been approached for comment - remains suspended by WME while the investigation ensues. Crews has since left the agency.